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Topics & Presenters:

“Defending South Dakota’s Grasslands-Will The State Be The First to Win The War On Woody Encroachment?”
Dirac Twidwell, Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska, a science Advisor for the USDA NRCS in the Great Plains, and a National Science Team member for a new Great Plains Grasslands Biome Framework

“Ranchers Use Of Livestock Pest Products”
Dr. Jessica Ulrich-Schad, Associate Professor of Environmental & Community Sociology at the Utah State University

“You Are Not Alone, Managing Mental Health”
Dr. Karl Oehlke, Adult Psychiatric Physician Associate at Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls, SD, he originated the Farm and Rural Stress Hotline in 2018

“Managing Calf Price Risk In 2022”
Matthew Diersen, Professor at South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD and a Risk & Business Management Specialist

Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Speakers start at 10:00 a.m.

EXPO BOOTHS
Vendor and Informational booths will be available to view all day.

For more information contact:
Lealand Schoon - (605) 488-9762
Laurie Chauncey - (605) 828-2456
Jewell Bork - (605) 530-3713

Persons requiring accommodations should call one of the above phone numbers one week before the event.

Coordinated by SDSU Extension, Rosebud Sioux Tribal Ranch. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mellette-Todd County Farm Service Agency, Mellette & Todd County Conservation Districts, South Central Resource Conservation & Development Council

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